Journal article
Voyeur in the Torrid Zone John Gabriel Stedman's Narrative of a Five Years Expedition against the Revolted Negroes of Surinam, 1773-1838
Early American literature, v 54(3), pp 673-710
01 Jan 2019
Abstract
This article reads John Gabriel Stedman's Narrative of a Five Years Expedition against the Revolted Negroes of Surinam through the literary and scientific cultures of natural history, demonstrating how Stedman's acts of sexual domination and exploitation in Suriname are veiled in the rhetoric of science. Tracing the complex ways enslaved African women were recast and erased by Stedman and his editors illuminates how naturalist print culture contributed to the long-standing history of violence against women in the colonial Americas.
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- Title
- Voyeur in the Torrid Zone John Gabriel Stedman's Narrative of a Five Years Expedition against the Revolted Negroes of Surinam, 1773-1838
- Creators
- Elizabeth Polcha - Northeastern University
- Publication Details
- Early American literature, v 54(3), pp 673-710
- Publisher
- Univ North Carolina Press
- Number of pages
- 38
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- English and Philosophy
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:000489104600010
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-85073593544
- Other Identifier
- 991021861675304721
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- Literature, American